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With a passion to ignite a spirit of giving among Christians, co-founders Larry Burkett, Terry Parker, and Ron Blue began the journey of establishing the National Christian Foundation.
These men cast a vision for an organization built upon biblical values, humility, and financial integrity. With a board of directors committed to the Founders' vision, the legacy begun by these servant leaders in 1982 still holds true today by God's grace.
Larry Burkett, NCF Co-Founder / Board Member (1939-2003)
NCF was co-founded by Larry Burkett, a pioneer in the teaching of Christian financial stewardship principles. Larry served on NCF's board of directors until his death in July, 2003. In 1976, Larry formed Christian Financial Concepts (CFC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching the biblical principles of handling money. In September 2000, CFC merged with Crown Ministries, creating a new organization, Crown Financial Ministries. Larry published more than 70 books, sales of which now exceed 11 million copies and include several national best-sellers. The four radio programs, "Money Matters, " "How to Manage Your Money, " "MoneyWatch, " and "A Money Minute, " are carried on more than 1,100 radio outlets worldwide. Prior to his death, Larry founded the Larry Burkett Cancer Research Foundation.
Ron Blue, NCF Co-Founder and Founder, Kingdom Advisors
Following his graduation from Indiana University with a Masters of Business Administration degree in 1967, Ron joined the management group of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. and worked with the firm in New York City, Dallas, and San Francisco.
In 1970, Ron founded an Indianapolis-based CPA firm that has grown to be one of the 50 largest CPA firms in the United States. Leaving the CPA firm in 1977, Ron became Administrative Vice President of Leadership Dynamics International. While with Leadership Dynamics, he was involved in developing and teaching Biblically-based leadership and management seminars in the United States and Africa.
Since 1979 Ron has had held a God given passion to help Christians plan and manage their finances in order to be able to maximize their giving to Kingdom purposes. God has allowed him to work this out over the last almost 35 years in several ways. Dr. Howard Hendricks influenced him to begin what later became a financial planning firm. He has written several books on this topic and in 2003 he helped to found a ministry training Christian financial advisors to integrate God's financial wisdom in their advice and counsel.
In 1982 Ron and Larry Burkett helped Terry Parker found the National Christian Foundation, which over the years has assisted Christians in giving over $5 billion to Christian and charitable causes worldwide. In January, 2012 Indiana Wesleyan University, a leading Christian university established The Ron Blue Institute for Financial Planning which is dedicated to multiplying the over 40 years of professional experience and intellectual property of Ron through curriculum development and other products in multiple outlets worldwide. Ron and Judy, his wife of 48 years, live in Atlanta, Georgia. They have five children and thirteen grandchildren.
Terry Parker
Terry Parker founded NCF in 1982 with Ron Blue and Larry Burkett. Terry is active in the Christian philanthropic community, serving or having served on numerous non-profit boards, including Crown Financial Ministries, Christian Legal Society, The Gathering, and Family Research Council. He lectures at no charge throughout the country on behalf of the ministries served by The National Christian Foundation on issues involving donor-advised funds, private foundations, supporting organizations, the transition of wealth from one generation to the next, and the tax and spiritual issues involved in charitable giving. A well-respected name in the world of giving, his expertise and 38 years of experience in wills, trusts, estates, and tax-exempt organizations have made him a sought after counselor.
Terry retired from the law firm of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge, and Rice, PLLC, in 2003 to devote himself full-time to NCF. His law degrees include a Master of Law in Taxation and a Doctor of Law. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Arts. In addition to being admitted to the practice of law before all Georgia state courts, the United States District Court, the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Tax Court, he is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
His military service includes the JAG Corps of the United States Navy. Terry and his wife, Paula, reside in Atlanta, Georgia and have three children and nine grandchildren.


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Now, coming to chapter 18, we find ourselves with the Apostle Paul, on his second missionary journey. And as he comes to chapter 18, he is in the City of Corinth. And Corinth was the center of vice, and the center of immorality of the world of its day. Now, as we saw in our study two weeks ago, as Paul came to Corinth, the trouble that he was going to face was not only the trouble of that kind of a city, but it was the trouble that he himself was experiencing in his own life. As best we can ascertain, he was a very troubled man. He was discouraged. He was tired. He was weary. He was perhaps even ill physically. And so this was a difficult time, a most difficult city, and a most depressed man. And yet he knew, as always he knew in every city, that God had a ministry for him.
But you know, before he could ever really get into that ministry, he needed to be encouraged. I think all of us have been there. All of us have been to those places where in our ministry we know God has something for us, and we know something awaits us. And yet, there's just that encouragement that we desperately need to really pursue, and Paul is at that place.
Now, this whole second missionary journey had started on a sour note. The first journey had been Paul and Barnabas, and what a sweet time they'd had, even though there was persecution. They returned with great victories, and they celebrated when they got back from Antioch. And then they decided to take a second journey. And this time, Paul and Barnabas started to go. And before they ever left Antioch, they had an argument, a very severe argument. And they fought over whether they should include John Mark on the journey, because John Mark had proven himself unfaithful. And Paul said no. Because John Mark had somewhat redeemed himself, Barnabas said yes. And so the fight went on, and finally they split, and the second journey started on a sad notice.
Paul and Barnabas severed relationships and Paul took Silas in the place of Barnabas and set out. But immediately, the minister was greeted with joy, because in Syria and Cilicia, they had a marvelous time. They went to Galatia, strengthened the churches, confirmed the churches there, and even added to their team a young man by the name of Timothy. They followed the leading of the Holy Spirit then as the spirit led them really to the edge of Macedonia or Greece; the edge of Europe. And there, they picked up another one to add to the team by the name of Luke, the one who wrote the book of Acts. And so the team is four; Paul, Silas, Timothy and Luke.
They crossed over, and they found themselves in Europe, and they came to the first city that they were to minister in, the city of Philippi. And immediately again, they were greeted with a joyous time as Lydia and her whole household received Jesus Christ. But then it began, for no sooner had that happened, than Satan began his attack and persecution broke out. Eventually, Paul and Silas were thrown into the inner dungeon of a jail. They were put in stocks and they were left there. God, by a miraculous earthquake, released them; freed them. But they had to leave town.
And so they left, and they hurried off to Thessalonica. And there, they began to preach, and God blessed and some were saved. But persecution arose as some angry Jews started a riot. And they had to flee for their lives, and they fled to a place called Berea. And Berea had some noble Jews who searched the scriptures and received Christ. And there was rest in Berea for a little while, until those riotous, angry Jews from Thessalonica finally arrived. And they arrived in their pursuit of Paul and Silas, and created so much trouble that Paul had to run again. He left Timothy and he left Silas, but he hurried on himself to Athens.
When he got to Athens, he was all alone, and Athens was a formidable place; the city of philosophy and religion, and a city of sin. And he was all alone and somewhat discouraged already. Nevertheless, he had a fruitful ministry in terms of his preaching. In chapter 17, it tells how he preached both to the Jews and the Gentiles, and the masterful sermon on getting to know the unknown God in chapter 17:22, and following. And yet at the end of all of that, there were only a few who believed. Just a few. And so he was perhaps somewhat discouraged at the results, but he knew God called him yet further.
And so he trudged on alone to the city of Corinth. And by the time we arrive, in chapter 18, verse 1, he was again alone at Corinth. And he faces a two-fold problem. The problem of a sinful, vile city, and a discouraged, depressed, disheartened, weary, tired apostle. Now, the City of Corinth deserves some mention. Verse 1 says, "After these things, Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth." Corinth was not just a city, it was what I called a couple weeks ago, the Vanity Fair of the Roman Empire. It was sin city. It was debouched at every level.
When you wanted to describe a person as utterly corrupt, you said he acted like a Corinthian. It was synonymous with vice. In fact, I don't know if you remember this, but it is from the city of Corinth that Paul wrote Romans. And when he wrote Romans 1, he was writing it not only by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but he was writing it out of the context of his experience in Corinth. And Romans 1:24 to 32 is really a catalog of the activity of the Corinthians.
Turning your bible to Romans 1, I just want to give you an idea of what the city was like, and you'll be able to better appreciate his ministry there, and appreciate why he was discouraged and fearful. And incidentally, he was fearful when he got there. He said, "I came in much fear." He was fearful. He was fearful because of the corruption, because of what he saw, and because of his own weakness. But verse 24 of Romans 1: Remember now, he's writing to the Romans, but he's writing from Corinth.
So the experience most vivid in his mind is the vision that he has seen of the Corinthians. Here is a description of them, "As of all pagans, predominately so the characterization of Corinth, wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves." And here you have the idea not only of interpersonal sexual activity, but of beastiality; that is sexual relationships with animals.
Verse 25: "To exchange the truth of God for a lie, who worship and serve the creature more than the creator who is blessed forever. Amen." For this cause, God gave them up unto vile defections. Their women did exchange the natural use for that which is against nature; lesbianism. Men homosexuality in 27: "Likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the women burned in their lust; one toward another. Men with men working that which is unseemly and receding in themselves that recompense of their error, which was fitting," or which they deserved for such activity.
Verse 28: "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not seemly." Be filled through unrighteousness, fornication. That's pornaop, where we get pornography; sexual uncleanness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; that's verbal out-loud slander, whispers; that's behind the back slanders, back biters, haters of God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things. They didn't have enough to do; they invented some new sin. Disobedience to parents. Notice God catalogs that with those other things. Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection. That has to do with the family. They didn't have normal family relationships. Implacable, unmerciful, who knowing the judgment of God that they would commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. They not only love their sin, but they loved sinners. They not only were glad to do the sin, but they actually rejoiced in the others who did it with them. They were debauched.
In that city, there were all kinds of shows and things going on where you could go see sin and vice displayed. There was a vulgar display of wealth. There was a most corrupt and indecent practice as imaginable. It was a vile place. And here was Paul alone in this place. And not being at the top of his strength, being somewhat fearful and somewhat hesitant and overwhelmed with the corruption of the place and his own weakness, he was hesitant. But oh my, if we learned anything from dear Paul, we learned when he wrote back to the Corinthians that he said this, "When I am weak," what? "Then I am strong, for God's strength is made perfect in my weakness."
And so though he may not have stopped to realize what he wrote later in 2 Corinthians, right here in the confession on his own inadequacy was the basis of his own effectiveness. That's a great principle isn't it? And Paul later on in 2 Corinthians says, "Wherefore I've learned a glory in infirmity. I've learned a glory in distress. I've learned a glory and affliction for when I am weak. Then I am strong." And so the Apostle Paul confronts a rotten city.
Now, just to show you the intensity of this corruptness, the church itself was started by Paul. He ministered in that church, perhaps for as long as nearly two years. Now, you say "That's a good beginning for a church." Right? I mean to be founded by the Apostle Paul, the greatest bible teacher alive in the world, maybe the greatest who ever lived, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. To be taught by that man all that time, you'd say, "There's a church that would really have a great start." Yes, and in 1 Corinthians 1, it says, "You come behind in no gift." Boy, they had it all; balance.
But you know what happened to that church? By the time he turns back to write 1 Corinthians, they are so corrupted that it just _____ description. And you know what that says to me? That says that the intensity of the corruptness of Corinth was practically irresistible. And just to show you what I mean by that, turn to 1 Corinthians 5, and I want to show you the vile character of Corinth, as evidence by what it did to the Church.
Believe me, you can see if even in our day today. The society that we live in has a tremendous effect on the church, a tremendous effect. Almost everything that our society does; it dominates our society, finds its way into the life of the church. And it was true in Corinth with the vile nature of that city, it found its way into the church. In 1 Corinthians 5:1, "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you," sexual sins. This wasn't some one-time deal. Everybody is talking about your sexual sin in the church. And when a church gets a reputation like that, boy, that's really something. And it's not just normal kind of fornication, if there is any such thing. It's fornication that isn't even named among the heathen. You got some that isn't even normal for them; that one should have his father's wife; somebody having a relationship with his mother. Now, maybe a stepmother, but nevertheless, it's with his mother or his stepmother.
This is something you're doing, and it's coming to me from all sides, He says. And the worst of it is verse 2, "And you are puffed up." You are bragging about it. Can you imagine? It's one thing that it would even be done, but then to spread it around and brag about it? That is unbelievable in the church; like feathers in your cap. You have not mourned that he could have done this deed might be taken away among you. But then he goes on to say, "Get that guy out of there. Don't you know that one rotten apple spoils a barrel? You turn him over to Satan." For the destruction of the flesh so the soul may be saved, get him out.
But listen; when that kind of sexual impurity gets into the Church, something is wrong. That's a pretty powerful system. That's a pretty powerful culture to infiltrate that fast, that much. Look over in verse 9: "I wrote unto you an epistle not to company with fornicators." Now, he had heard also that they were hanging around people in sexual sin, in company with those. You have no business with them. Beloved, choose your friends wisely.
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of the world, it's bad enough that you company with the fornicators of the world, but with the covetous extortioners, idolaters. For them, you need to go out of the world. In other words, you have no part with them. But now, I've written unto you not to keep company with any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, covetous, idolater, railer, or a drunk or an extortioner. No, don't even go to his house for dinner. See, it was one thing that these people were living outside the church, but the problem was they had gotten inside the church. And he says, "Cut yourself off from those people."
What a powerful influence of sin and evil was finding its domination against that church. Now, in verse 9 of chapter 6, it tells us something else in characterization of the Corinthian situation. "Know you not to be unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. Be not deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters, adulterers," those are people who have sexual relations outside their marriage, "nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves of mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkard, nor vilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God." Listen, "And such what were some of you?" This is a typical cross-section of the culture of Corinth.
You want to know how to describe the Corinthians? There it is. They were fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate abusers of themselves, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers and extortioners. Now, I'm sure that didn't come out in their little brochure put out by the chamber of commerce, but that was true. Now over in verses 13 and following, I want to show you something else. They had another problem. They were gluttonous, and Paul was really sarcastic. He says in verse 13, "Food for the body, and the body for foods." In other words, boy, all you people can think of is eating. "But God shall destroy both it and them." Both your body and your food is going to go.
Then he goes onto say, "And the body isn't for fornication, but for the Lord." Some of the people in the church, some Christians, were actually entertaining harlots, prostitutes, and they were not even hiding it. Verse 15: "Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I take the members of Christ and make them members of harlots? God forbid."
Now, you read a little bit in 1 Corinthians, you get the idea that God isn't real happy with pre-marital and extra-marital sex. Not at all. He gets very upset about it. In fact, if you go over to chapter 7, verse 2, they were having another problem. They were just having a big sex deal, and they weren't even bothering to get married. Sounds like today. Verse 2: "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman have her own husband." They were just putting marriage aside and living it up.
God says, "You get married." Over in chapter 10, verse 8, this is an interesting view of it. I've had young people say, "Well, I know that we have sexual relationships and we're not married, but we love each other." Well, that comes into the biblical category of fornication. I'll give you an idea how God feels about it. Chapter 10, verse 8, "Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed and fell in one day three and 20,000." God executes 23,000 people for fornication. That means he's serious about it. Twenty-three thousand people were executed by God for committing sexual acts apart from marriage. That's serious business.
Over in verse 20 of chapter 10, he says, "Another problem in Corinth is they worshipped demons. I say what are the things that the heathens sacrificed? They sacrificed to demons, and not to God. And I don't want you to have fellowship with demons." So this was really a messed up society, and they are characterized very clearly in the book of 1 Corinthians by their influence on the church.
Now, Paul arrives there and he's alone, and he has a kind of formidable enemy. Before he can ever begin anything, God has to encourage him. There's got to be a buoying up of his sunken spirits. And oh, my, God is a God of encouragement. I love the fact that He is. You know, I have discouraging times and so do you. But I never get to the place where I get discouraged but what immediately into my life comes God's encouragement.
You know, Jesus had just unloaded a real bomb on His disciples in John 13, when He told them He was going to leave. And immediately, He saw their reaction, and He says to them in 14:1, "Let not your heart," what? Be troubled. He is super sensitive to the comfort of the saints always, always. The Lord is a compassionate, compassionate Lord. I think of Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus where He cried. And He was moved with compassion when He saw Mary cry. And when He saw his disciples all sorrowing in John 16, He said, "Look, boys," He said, "your sorrow shall be turned to joy. Trust Me." He's a God of comfort, a God of compassion.
Oh, there are discouraging times, but just wait. You're learning in the discouraging time, and you're just waiting for the encouragement. You know, there were two prophets in the Old Testament who must've gotten more discouraged than anybody else. A lot of prophets got discouraged, but the two guys that really, really took it on the nose from the beginning to the end of their ministry were Isaiah and Jeremiah. Do you know that God said to both of them, "I want you to spend your whole life being My prophet, but I want to tell you one thing. Nobody will listen to anything you ever say." That's a rough call. I mean that's tough to handle, and that's what both of those guys heard from the beginning, and yet they were so faithful that they carried out their entire ministry without ever much of a response except antagonism.
And Isaiah got discouraged. He got discouraged a lot of times, and when he got discouraged, sometimes Israel got discouraged, too. But I love what it says in 43:1-3. God speaks, and he says, "But now thus sayeth the Lord who created thee, oh, Jacob, and who formed the oh, Israel. Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name. Thou art Mine." I like that. Don't you like that? When you really get discouraged, remember who you belong to. When thou passes through the waters, I'll be with thee. Through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall a flame kindle upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy savior." Emphasis on the thy.
Oh, God is a God of encouragement. You know, Jeremiah wrote a whole book about his weepings. It's called lamentations. That's just weepings, Jeremiah's weepings. That's what the whole book is about. And he wept from the beginning to the end, because he was weeping over Israel. They never listened to him, and he knew that captivity was coming, and they never listened. And he cried a whole lot. He was called the weeping prophet. He spent his whole ministry crying because nobody ever listened. And I love it in Lamentations 3:17. He's in the midst of crying. He says in verse 15, "He's filled me with bitterness, and made me drink wormwood, and made me break my teeth with gravel stones. I feel like I've been chewing rocks. He's covered me with ashes and thou hast reproved my soul. I'm far off from peace. I forgot prosperity." In other words, I have lost the peace. I've forgotten what had used to be good times and happy times. And I said, "My strength and my hope perished from the Lord. I've got nothing anymore; just flat out discouraged." Oh, he says, "My soul hath been still in remembrance." And then he says, "Some memories begin to trickle back." And he says in 21, "This I recall to my mind. Therefore have I hope. It is because of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed," says Jeremiah.
Listen to this, "Because His compassions fail not, they are new every morning." And then this statement, "Great is Thy faithfulness." I like that. I love what he says in the next verse, "The Lord is my portion says my soul. Therefore will I hope in Him." Listen to this one, "The Lord is good under those who wait for Him." Boy, sometimes you have to wait. Isn't that true, through the discouraging times?
You know, God has a lot of names in the bible but one of my favorites is this one. Do you remember this as God's name? Listen, "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies," now watch this one, "and the God of all comforts." Isn't that a beautiful thought? The God of all comforts, that's his name; compassion, comfort, encouragement. You know, in Acts 9, after all the hassles the church had been through under the persecution of Saul, it finally says that, "The church had rest, and they were comforted with the comfort of the Holy Spirit." And what is the Holy Spirit's name? He is called the Comforter.
God is in the business of encouragement. Wait on Him and see. Wow, here's Paul and he's at the bottom, and he's flat and he's dried up. And he sees a tremendous obstacle in this vast panorama of vice in the city of Corinth, and he just kind of stands around, and I'm sure he doesn't know what exactly is going to be the approach. And God moves to comfort Paul. And I believe in this passage, and there are a lot of ways you could teach this passage. I've said many times, "Everyone is like a diamond. You could see this any facet." But I just want to pull out of this passage four ways that God comforts His apostle.
So four ways that God desires to comfort Paul: companionship, apostleship, fellowship, and hardship. He first of all brings into his life companionship. My, isn't it a truth that friends are a great comfort to us? What would we do? We all know the terrible emptiness that comes when we are alone, loneliness. We all need some time alone, but there's a difference between being alone and being lonely. And friends are a blessing, so God knows that one, a guy in a city like that all alone needs friends. And so first of all it was companionship, his friends.
Let's look at verse 2. Well, he gets to Corinth, and he found a certain Jew named Aquilla. Now, this Jew had a Latin name, and he had a wife named Priscilla, and we don't know whether she was a Jew or not. She may have been a Gentile. Some would say she was a very high-class Gentile, that's why she's listed first in the other listings of the two. It's Priscilla and Aquilla, which may indicate that she was a kind of a high-class Gentile. But we don't know that, she might have been a Jew. Anyway, Aquilla was from Pontus, which was just by the Caspian and the Black Sea, where Turkey would be today. And they had been in Italy, but they got kicked out of Italy because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome.
So Aquilla and Priscilla had moved to Corinth. They were living there, and they were plying their trade there, and the Apostle Paul came unto them. And you say, "Well, how did that happen?" Well, verse 3 says because he was of the same craft or he had the same trade. He abode with them and worked, for by their occupation they were tentmakers. Now, the word literally means leatherworkers. So now we mentioned last time that they may have met each other at the synagogue because it was, in some synagogues, a custom to seat people according to their trade. And so maybe they met there. And then Paul may have just gone looking for a job among the people who did what he did. But nevertheless, he made two friends.
Now, I told you two weeks ago that I believe these two were Christians. And so God had two choice people waiting for him. God encouraged him with friendship. He found a home to live in. He found beloved friends, saints in Christ, to nourish him and to cherish him, and to encourage him and to share fellowship with him. And he worked with them, and they opened their home. It says in verse 3, "He abode with them." Boy, I'm telling you, they just opened up to him.
Well, you know that they were as rewarded as he was. Because what he had to offer, maybe no man ever had to offer. And so a beautiful friendship began, and Paul then really was encouraged, I'm sure, by those two friends. Now, also, he worked. And I just pinpointed the last time that he worked probably for two reasons, one, sustenance. He needed to work. The bible says that's the principle; you work, you eat. You don't work, you don't eat. Now, Paul had to work because he had to eat. But the second thing, and you'll see this in a minute as I cover some other passages, he worked because he was always very sensitive to the fact that he never wanted pagans to think that Christianity was a commercial enterprise.
He always wanted them to know that Christianity could pay its own way. That was so important. He was no freeloader. And I mean when this guy worked, he worked hard. He didn't just with at Corinth, you know, he worked everywhere he went unless there was some provision made. He just automatically went to work. In 1 Thessalonians 2:9, he says, "Now, when I was with you in Thessalonica, I labored night and day because we would not be chargeable unto any of you." In other words, I was not going to make myself an obligation to you. I didn't want to be chargeable to you, so I worked, and I worked all day and I worked all night. In addition to that, I preached the Gospel of God.
And in 2 Thessalonians, he says this so many times. You know it was a real theme with him. 2 Thessalonians 3:8, "Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing." "I didn't take handouts," he said. You say, "Why not, Paul? I mean it was a gift of love." No, at the very beginning of his initiation of the ministry, he wanted to make sure that people understood that Christianity was not a commercial operation.
He said, "I didn't take any man's bread for nothing, but I wrought with labor and travail night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you." So he said that to the Thessalonians. It was typical of Paul that he did not want to freeload on anybody. Now, when he wrote back to the Corinthians, I want to show you something I think is very interesting, because he repeats it so many times. I know it's important. In 1 Corinthians 4:11, he writes back to the Corinthians, and he tells them his whole attitude toward this supplying his own need thing. Listen to what he says, 1 Corinthians 4:11, "Even under this present hour, we both hunger and thirst and are naked, and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place."
Now, I mean that's quite a deal, isn't it? That's having absolutely nothing. And he said, "And of course, since that's the case we labor, working with our own hands." Paul says "It's no different now as I write this letter to you than it was when I was with you. I'm still without anything, working with my hands, to provide my bread, my clothes and my place to rest." And that's really a part of his life.
Over in chapter 9, as if we didn't get the message, he says it again. He says in verse 11, "If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we should reap your carnal things?" In other words, he says now that you've come along a little ways, it's not wrong for us to expect something from you. And if you have ministers there, you ought to pay them. If others be partakers of this rite over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this rite, but bear all things lest we should hinder the Gospel of Christ. He says, "It's right that you should pay the preacher, but we have never asked for it because we don't want to hinder the Gospel."
When you offer it, that's one thing. And of course, you could write here from a distance and say what he couldn't have said when he was there, because that would've been like begging. In verse 14, he says, "The Lord has ordained that they would preach the Gospel should live of it." In other words if you make your life to preach it, then you ought to be supported from your preaching. But that certainly should be at the discretion of the people.
You know what's interesting? At this conference, I have never, in all of my teaching and preaching everywhere, never, ever, ever at any time put a price on my teaching or my ministry. Some do. I think that's really bad in my mind. Now that's just my personal opinion. I think when you put a price tag on your ministry; you have eliminated yourself from the liberty to let the Spirit do what He wants to do.
So I finished this conference this week. I was speaking to the conservative Baptists in Palm Springs. And I'm there for a couple of days, and I'm all finished. And a man came to me. He says, "Now, I'm going to write you a check. How much do we owe you?" And I said, "I don't know. What do you mean, how much do you owe me?" He says, "Well, what price did you come for?" I said, "Well, I didn't come for any price." He said, "Well, you must've had a contract or something; an agreement worked out for your fee." And I was blinking, and I said, "No." I said, "I have no fee." I said, "Do whatever you want, or do nothing. It doesn't matter to me." "Oh," he said, "we need to have a meeting on this." And he said, "You'll hear from us. You'll hear from us."
Well, I guess, bless his heart, he was so used to people setting a price on their ministry that he just assumed that. God, help us when we do that. I'm available to the Holy Spirit. If I go somewhere and speak and they give me some money, that's good. If I go somewhere to speak and give them some money, that's good. I just want to do what the Spirit wants. I don't want to put a price tag on it. Paul is saying, "Sure, it's right to preach and to live by the Gospel, but that's up to you." And he says, "I'm not going to come in here and set a tag on myself. I'm not going to push anything. I'll just work if need be, until you recognize the need."
Well, that was his attitude toward it, and incidentally, he didn't quit there. In 2 Corinthians, he says it again. This really was important to him. Apparently, there were a lot of phony religions and all their would-be prophets marching around making money. And boy, that's true today. Believe me, it's true. Believe me. And you see it all the time. Boy, we who are Christians who know the truth of the Gospel must never make merchandise out of the Gospel, never, because there are those doing it. The false teachers, you know, who for covetousness' sake de-fleece the sheep. Never make merchandise of the Gospel.
And Paul, in 2 Corinthians 11:7, he says, "Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that you might be exalted because I have preached you the Gospel of God freely?" Verse 9: "When I was present with you in lack, I was chargeable to no man. I just waited, and that which was lacking was brought to me from Macedonia." Remember, they took an offering up there and Silas brought it. But he didn't ask for anything.
So he worked, and while he worked, he made some friends. And you know what was good about it? Those friends were life-long precious friends. And he mentions them at least three more times in the rest of the New Testament. Well, now look at verse 4. "While he was making tents all week long, he reasoned in the synagogues every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks." He took Sabbath day to do his preaching. He worked and then he preached on the Sabbath.
You say, "When did he have his day off?" Guess again. Verse 5, "And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia." Now here's the next speech here. His friends, first of all, were new friends, Aquilla and Priscilla." But what's just as good, or maybe better than new friends? Old friends. And Silas and Timothy arrived, and just thrilled his heart. Listen friendship is important. It is important.
There are a couple of statements in the Proverbs. Maybe I'll take a minute just to give you these. I think you might want to use these. Listen to this. Just a beautiful statement. Proverbs 27:9, "Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart." That's just a set up of contract, or an illustration. Listen to the next statement, "So doth the sweetness of a man's friend." Isn't that good? You said, "Boy, I'd like to have a friend like that. I'd like to have a friend who was that kind of sweetness." You ready for this? Proverbs 18:24, "A man who hath friends must show himself friendly." Practical.
First of all, God encouraged him with companionship, secondly with apostleship. If it was first with his friends, it was second with his converts. And if there's anything more wonderful than friends, it's converts. I love the people that I love, but I'll tell you something else. I sure get excited about new people that come into the Kingdom. And God encourages them through His apostleship with converts. Verse 5, "When Timothy and Silas were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified the Jews that Jesus was Christ." Now, I have to clear this verse up a little bit because there is later manuscript evidence that indicates the phrase "pressed in the spirit" is not the best phrase. But what it says here is, and the New American Standard has correctly that, "He began devoting himself completely to the Word." So the verse would read, if you have authorized, this way, "When Timothy and Silas were come from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the Word." In other words, when Silas brought the money from the Philippians, he was freed up to quit making tents, and he could give himself entirely to his preaching.
Now really, that's what the apostle was supposed to do anyway. When the time came, God provided. And he longed to do it. What does he say in 1 Corinthians 9:16? That "Necessity is laid upon me. Woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel." This was his passion, his passion. And so here comes an offering; frees him up, and he began devoting himself completely to the Word.
You say, "What does a good apostle do with his time?" There's what he does with his time. You can find that back in Acts chapter 6. Sure, we studied that in detail. In 6:1, listen, they were having an argument because there was some little parts of the program that weren't going, and they weren't getting enough food over there to the Greek Jews. Their widows thought they were getting cheated.
So the apostles called in verse 2 of 6 Acts, "The apostles called, and a multitude of the disciples said to them, 'Now, it's not fitting that we should leave the Word of God and serve tables.'" Now we apostles, we can't get involved in all of this kind of thing, which is taking care of the widows, which is a good ministry. But for us, it is not the necessary thing. So he says, "Brethren, you look among you for seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit in wisdom, who we may appoint over this business." And we'll get some other men to do this, and watch verse 4, "And we will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the Word."
Did you get that? "We will give ourselves continually to prayer and ministry of the Word." Do you know what the role of an apostle was? Prayer and the Word. Prayer and the Word. Prayer and the Word, and that is it. And beloved, I still believe, though there are no apostles today, that that is the absolute priority in the ministry.
Now, churches need a complex of men, and there are many who can do many different things. But somewhere in the eldership of the church, there must be those who are given to labor in the Word in doctrine. That's what Paul said. That is the crying need today.
When Paul wrote to Timothy - now I'm going to get on my hobbyhorse. When Paul wrote to Timothy, he said in 1 Timothy 4:13, "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine." Do you know what that means? That means read the text. Explain the text and apply the text. Paul said to Timothy, "Until I get there, you just worry about the Word." Don't neglect it. 1:15, "Meditate upon these things. Give thyself partly to them." Is that what it said? Wholly to them; your whole life should be saturated in the Word.
He says to Timothy, "There's two things that make up your ministry. Take heed to yourself and to doctrine." What does that mean? That means take care of your own righteousness and the Word of God. And believe me beloved, that is my commitment in my own heart; to be concerned with my own life, and to spend myself, my time and myself in prayer and the teaching of the Word. And I think that is what makes the difference. I believe that.
We have new members meetings, and people come in to give their testimonies. I would say nine out of ten people say the same thing, "We came here because taught the Word." It's invariably what they say. And you know, if I speak to five pastors, four of them will ask me, "John, how can I ever get freed up from all the paraphernalia to actually study the Word?" Well, what you have to do is exactly what they did in Acts 6. You got to find men full of the Holy Spirit, and put them over the other stuff, and free yourself up to do what's the priority."
Paul said to Timothy, "Preach the Word. Be constant in-season, out of season. Don't stop doing that. That's what matters." As soon as a guy dries up in the pulpit, that's when his people dry up. That's right. Well, what was he preaching? Well, his message was he was preaching the Word of God, and he was testifying to the Jews that Jesus was Messiah. Nothing new, that's always his message.
You say, "What was the response?" Take a guess. Just figure what it was every other time when he told Jews Jesus was Messiah, and then read verse 6, "And one day opposed themselves and blasphemed." That's what the response always is. And the idea of the Word opposed there is a very strong Word. It speaks of a strong, organized resistance. And I mean it's such a strong word that Peter uses it when he says, "God resists the crowd." It's the same word that speaks of God in opposition to a man. It's strong opposition.
Now, it says that they blasphemed. Oh, my, that's a serious word. To blaspheme is to ridicule the person of Christ. It is to mock the person of Christ. Oh, be careful, that is such a severe thing. You know, to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit in Matthew 12 was to attribute the works of Christ to Satan. It is to depreciate His character. You know, Paul used to do that? Oh, yes. 1 Timothy 1:3 says, "I was a blasphemer." In Acts 26:11, he said, "I used to make Christians blaspheme." Then he got changed. He says, "Who before was a blasphemer?"
I'll give an illustration of blasphemy that's clear. Luke 22:63, and this is the crucifixion, just prior to it, when Jesus was taken to be tried. It says in verse 63 of Luke 22, "And the men who held Jesus mocked Him and smote Him," which means they punched Him, and they smashed Him in the face. "And when they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face." They blindfolded Christ and just kept pounding on His face with their fists. "And they asked Him saying, 'Prophesy, who is it that smote Thee?'" Oh, you can just see the sarcasm, and the blasphemy, and the mockery.
In the next verse, it says, "Many other things blasphemously spoke they against Him." So definition of blasphemy is to mock Jesus. James 2:7 says, "Do not they blaspheme that worthy name?" You know how God feels about blasphemy? God says in Leviticus 24:16, "If you find a blasphemer, kill him."
Well, Paul was so infuriated at the blasphemy, that he shook out his clothes at verse 6, and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own hands. I am clean. From now on, I'll go to the Gentiles." He says to those Jews, he says, "I'm finished with you. I've exercised my responsibility. I've given you opportunity. You blaspheme Jesus Christ. I'm shaking the dust off my clothes. The blood is on your head. I'm going to the Gentiles." And I told you two weeks ago that he just marched out of that synagogue, turning his back on Israel. And we found he didn't go very far.
Verse 7 says, "He departed from there and entered into a certain man's house, named Titus Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house was next-door to the synagogue." So down deep inside, he never got rid of the burden for Israel. He said, "I'm leaving." He goes next door. Now, you'll notice in verse 7 that the man was named Titus Justus. And Titus Justus was the first sown name to convert, apparently in the city of Corinth. You say, "How do you know he was saved? It doesn't say he was." Well, it says he was "A one who worshipped God," which means he was a Gentile attached to the synagogue. He was a God fearing Gentile. But the reason we think he was a Christian was because we think he's the same one as Gaius, whose name appears in 1 Corinthians 1:14, and Romans 16:23. And in those two verses, it speaks of Gaius.
In fact, it says, "Two were baptized by Paul, Crispus and Gaius." And since the two were associated there, and associated in verses 7 and 8, we assume that Titus Justus was also Gaius. So he was saved then, and what a blessing. All the discouragement, all the persecution; Paul shakes his cloak and he runs out, and he's just completely torn up. He just had nowhere to go. He goes into this house, and this guy comes to Christ. And God begins to encourage him with a convert. And then to add to that unbelievably, verse 8. This is so fantastic. Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord and His entire house.
Now, if he wasn't encouraged enough with Titus Justus, he was encouraged now when the head guy of the whole synagogue and his entire household got saved. And on top of that, many of the Corinthians, imperfect tense verbs, were hearing, were believing, and were being baptized; showing a daily sequence of growth. Man, I tell you, when God sets out to encourage His saints, He does it. He didn't see one convert. He didn't see two converts. He saw one, a whole household, and then every day, every day, more Corinthians being saved.
I'll tell you, you can be at the bottom of the doldrums, and that'll get you on top faster than anything. And those are the two that he baptized, Crispus and Gaius, and that got the Church rolling. And what a great thing to see God encourage his own with converts. That's the encouragement of His companionship and His apostleship. Thirdly, He encouraged them with fellowship. Now, if I get encouraged by my friends, and I get encouraged by converts, boy, I get encouraged by God. Fellowship is encouragement from his God.
God comes to him personally. You know when he's really low and he's really down, because you know that when those people got saved in verse 8, and kept getting saved, the persecution didn't stop, right? It just got hotter and hotter and hotter. You find that if you read carefully. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 and 16, and 2 Thessalonians 3:1 and 2, which we read two weeks ago. But the persecution just got more hot all the time, and so it was still a rough thing. And so God says, "Well, his friends are good, and his converts are good. But I think I'll go down and talk to him Myself."
God reserves special times of intervention. You think about the Old Testament. I think about Jonah, where God finally had to go to him in person and encourage poor old prophet Jonah. Nothing encouraged him, and God came to him. Well, God has special times for Paul when Paul just got against the wall and was just about at the end of his rope. I think the first time was he had tried to go to Asia Minor. The Spirit said no. He tried to go to Bithynia. The Spirit says no. He can't go backwards. He's been there. He walks the little thin line. He finally gets to the sea and he's at the end of his rope. God says, "No, no, no, no." He doesn't know what to do, and immediately what happens? He comes to the edge of Macedonia, chapter 16, verse 9, "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night."
He was at the point where he didn't know what to do, where to go; at the end of his rope. And God comes to him and sends the man to Macedonia. He said, "Come to Macedonia and help us." And he gets direction from God, and he takes off. The next time he had a vision is in chapter 18. The next time he had a vision is in chapter 22. Again, he's at the end of his tether. He just didn't know where to go, where to turn. Chapter 22, verse 16, "It came to pass that when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance." He was in there praying, and I'm sure he was saying, "God I don't know whether there's danger. I want to get out of here."
He had just been through some terrible things in this thing, and all of a sudden says, "I saw Him saying unto me, 'Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem. For they will not receive thy testimony concerning Me." And he said, "Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those that believed on You." And when the blood of the martyr Stephen was shed, I was standing by, consenting unto his death and kept the cloaks of them that slew him." He said, "But wait a minute, God, they might not realize where I stand. I might be all right here." And God says, "Depart. I'll send you far from here unto the Gentiles."
So here again, at the end of his rope, not knowing where to go, God comes personally and speaks. Chapter 23 is another one, verse 11, "In the night following, the Lord stood by him. And he was discouraged." Really discouraged. Well, he'd been taken by the soldiers. They really were rough on him. It says in verse 10, "They would've pulled him in pieces." And he was just really low, and the Lord comes to him and says, "Paul, cheer up. For as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also in Rome. I got a mission for you in Rome. Don't worry about being a prisoner."
And you know another time? The last time he had one of these visions, chapter 27. Paul says, "There stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, saying 'Fear not, Paul.'" Listen; do you know why they said that to him? He was having a shipwreck. He didn't know what was going to happen. "Don't be afraid Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God has given thee all them that sail with thee. Nobody is going to drown."
So he goes back to the group and says, "Sirs, be of good cheer. For I believe God." So you see, at least five times in the book of Acts when Paul comes against a crisis where there's no way to go and no clear direction, God Himself intervenes. And so here comes God. This is pure fellowship, believe me. And God gives them a message. Look at this, verse 9, "Be not afraid. But speak and hold not thy peace." Paul, don't stop preaching. Now this implies that Paul was getting kind of a little tentative about whether he ought to keep preaching. The thing was getting so hot, he figured maybe I'll cool it a while.
God says, "Paul, don't stop." And I love this. Well, you ____ say, "Well, God, have you considered the situation?" I mean that's easy for you to say. You're up there running everything. I'm in the middle of it. So He says, "Don't stop," and then He gives him three reasons. God is always ready to give us the answer we need. Reason 1, I love this, "For I am, verse 10, "with thee." In the Greek it's emphatic, "For I Myself am with thee," personally. The first reason to keep going, Paul, is I Myself am with thee.
Oh, man, how comforting that is. Parallel thing that I think of is Joshua, who was given the awesome responsibility of leading the children of Israel to conquer the Promised Land. Can you imagine? Forty years they've been roaming in the desert. They're a bunch of nomads, and they're going to knock off a whole nation. And God says to Joshua in 1:5, "There shalt not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses. So I will be with thee. I will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage." Verse 9, "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee wherever thou goest."
You say, "Boy, I wish I had that promise." You do. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20, "Lo, I am with you," what? Always. What a promise. You know what God's name is? You know what Jesus' name is? He was born in the world, and in Matthew 1:23, they said, "His name is Emmanuel," which being interpreted is God with us. That's what a Christian is. I am with you myself.
Listen, I stop to think about those kinds of things, and I could get myself in any mess and have confidence. In Isaiah 41:10, there's a couple of verses that I can't resist reading. Isaiah, again, is always in a situation where he's afraid because things aren't turning out well, and Israel of course had somewhat of the same fears. And so in 41:10, "Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee. I will help thee. I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness." Boy, what strength. What confidence.
And then dear Jeremiah, at the very beginning when God just told him that nobody is going to listen. Jeremiah 1:17, He says, "Well, gird up thy loins, Jeremiah, and arise and speak unto them all that I command thee. Be not dismayed at their faces." They'll make faces at you, don't let it bother you. "For behold," I love this, "I have made thee this day a fortified city." Listen to this, "An iron pillar, a bronze wall." Man alive, that's fantastic. He says, "You can go out there and," verse 19, "they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with thee." Boy, I like that. Oh, tremendous.
So He says, "Paul, don't stop. I Myself am with you. Second thing: "Don't stop, for no man shall set on thee to hurt thee." No man shall set on thee to hurt thee; that's the negative side of it. You have nothing to fear; nobody is going to touch you. Boy, I'll tell you, I think about the two witnesses in Revelation. The whole world tries to kill them in the 11th chapter, and all that happens is they just breathe fire out of their mouth and destroy their enemies. You can't touch God's anointed.
Listen to what God said to Isaiah: "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper." Isaiah 54:17, "And every tongue that's arisen against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn." Now listen to this: "This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord." If you're a servant of the Lord, there isn't a weapon in the world that can touch you. Boy, whatever happens in this world, it absolutely doesn't touch you outside of God's power and God's design.
And to dear Jeremiah, "I'll make unto thee, unto this people, a fortified bronze wall. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee to save thee and deliver thee." And He says later on, "I'll redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible." It doesn't matter how bad they are, I'll handle it. So don't stop. I'm with you. Don't stop, nobody will hurt you. Third, "Don't stop," verse 10, "for I have many people in this city." Don't stop preaching because all of the elect are not yet saved.
You say, "John, do you believe in election?" Well, how else would you explain that verse? "I have many people in this city." You say you believe that God chooses people to be saved? Of course. That's what it says in Ephesians 1:4, "According as He hath chosen us in Him when before the foundation of the world." You say, "John MacArthur, you believe that you are chosen to be saved before the foundation of the world?" Yes, that's because the bible says that. You say, "Oh, but wait a minute." Well, you wait a minute. Revelations 13:8 says, "My name is written in the Lamb's book of life before the foundation of the world."
You say, "Well, what about human responsibility?" Oh, I believe that, too. Sure, look at verse 6, "Your blood be upon," what? Your own heads. Listen; if you come to Jesus Christ, you know why you came to Him? Because you were chosen before the world began. If you reject Jesus Christ, it's your own responsibility. You say, "Those two don't go together." Right. But I've told you before, and I say again, you must allow in the scripture for the paradox of sovereignty and responsibility. Realize that we have little pea brains, and God is the God bigger than the universe. And when God reduces His mind to the little pea brain, there's got to be some spillage. So we are not rattled because we can't justify sovereignty with responsibility. We just let the two exist, because you see, that paradox exists in every other major doctrine.
I'll ask you this? Who wrote the book of Acts? You'll say Luke. And then I'll say the Holy Spirit. And which one is right? and yet it wasn't Luke and the Holy Spirit working together. No, sir, every word was chosen by the Holy Spirit, and yet Luke himself had all those words in his own vocabulary. It was a perfect paradox. You say, "Who lives a Christian life?" I do. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Without me, you can do. He does. No, I do. He does. No, we both do together. No, he does and me. Well, that's sort of it. It's a paradox. What was Jesus Christ; God or man? Both. That's a paradox; 100% God, 100% man. You can't be 200% of something. That's a paradox.
You see, in every major biblical doctrine where God reduces Himself to human terms, there is paradox. And I say this, "If a man goes to hell, it is his own responsibility for rejecting Christ." The bible says, "If he goes to heaven, it is because he was chosen before the foundation of the world." I'll tell you what I love, though. I love the fact that the bible closes with these words, "Whosoever will, let him come and take of the water of life freely."
Listen; if you want to come to Jesus, you come. How God fits that into His sovereignty is His problem. He'll do it, and you don't need to worry about it. Boy, I'm glad I don't understand God, because I've said before, "If I understood God, I'd be God. And if I was God, we'd be in lots of trouble." And so God here encourages Paul, and He encourages Paul with three tremendous things that are encouragement for us. Listen to this first of all with His power, "I am with you." With His preservation, "no man shall ever hurt you." Thirdly with his promise, "I have many people in this city." Did you know that God promises you to have fruit? I have ordained you that you should go forth and bring forth fruit.
As a Christian, I get excited about His power, His preservation and His promise. You say, "Do you mean John, that all Christians are supposed to bear fruit?" No, I mean all Christians do bear fruit. That's a promise. Well, we'll stop there and I'll talk about that next time.
Well, I just know this. I know God is a God of comfort. And I praise God that He had comforted me with friends, converts and with His own presence. Let's pray. Father, we thank You for what we've seen today. And we just trust that the Spirit has taken humble words and human words, and human thoughts, and somehow given him a divine kind of baptism and _____ into the minds of those of us who desperately need to know thy truth. We thank You for being the God you are, the God of all comforts, the Father of Mercies, the God who has made of us an iron pillar, a fortified bronze wall, a city. Father, we know that no agency of the world or of Satan can harm us because You are with us. They cannot hurt us. And that our ministry shall bear fruit because You have ordained it to be so.
Encourage us, father, encourage us with companionship, with the call to the ministry; whatever it is that You have called us to do, and with Thyself. We think of David, who was greatly distressed. But as it says in 1 Samuel 30, "He encouraged himself in the Lord his God." Thank you for being a God of encouragement. We give You the praise in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Standards-compliant ARM Mali SDK complements market-leading combination of hardware, software and tools for the development of graphics applications
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Mar. 5, 2007 –ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] today announced at the Game Developers' Conference, San Francisco, Calif., the ARM® Mali™ Software Development Kit (SDK), which enables game developers to quickly transition from generic application development to ready-to-use designs for a wide range of handsets. Mobile handset manufacturers require that games are available at launch to capitalize on the shelf life of new devices. The Mali SDK enables developers to create and test games before silicon exists, thereby ensuring that new games are available on the day the handset is released and maximizing the time for which their games are marketable.
The Mali SDK is the latest addition to the ARM graphics portfolio, which addresses the market need for high performance and low power consumption for games and user interfaces. With its advanced processors, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) including the Mali55™ and Mali200™ processors, and RealView® development tools, ARM provides its silicon Partners with a complete system implementation that is as efficient as possible within the constraints of an embedded environment.
"ARM is taking its mobile strategy to the next level by introducing a new method of development which fully utilizes the hardware capabilities in mobile phones," said Dr. Jon Peddie, president, Jon Peddie Research. "Unlike other graphics software development kits, mobile application developers can now benefit from a silicon-independent platform that offers leading ARM CPU emulation and development tools. This enables mobile game creation to start earlier in the handset design cycle, maximizing commercial return after product launch."
The ARM graphics ecosystem enables collaboration among market leaders to link the ARM platform with a community of complementary solutions to shape the future of the graphics industry. ARM contributes its expertise as a processor, GPU and tools vendor to enable application developers to create competitive, cutting-edge games for models pre-silicon. This mutually beneficial cooperation provides game developers, publishers and tools vendors with the differentiation necessary to lead in this competitive market.
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"Ideaworks3D is expanding its partnership with ARM to enhance our software development kit for game developers in an effort to give our licensees the greatest competitive edge," said Alex Caccia, chief executive officer, Ideaworks3D. "In optimizing our Airplay 3.0 SDK for the innovative ARM graphics architecture, we are ensuring that game developers and publishers can immediately bring their fully optimized gaming content to semiconductor platforms and devices that incorporate the Mali55 graphics processing unit. At the Game Developers' Conference this week, we will be demonstrating our Airplay 3.0 SDK for the Mali graphics architecture, allowing customers to see first hand the benefit of our partnership with ARM."
The Mali SDK product features run-time code translation technology, which enables fast virtual platforms to run on a standard PC in real time. In addition, the complete graphics solution delivers developer libraries for the APIs, which offer maximum debug visibility and profiling and analysis tools which support current and emerging standards from the Khronos consortium, including OpenGL ES technology. The Mali SDK also includes a performance analysis tool, texture compression tool, demo engine library and import tool for quick demos and import models, a visual debugger, a CPU/GPU software model for real-time information models to port games, a shader debugger and a shader compiler. The Mali SDK will be available from ARM for commercial licensing in Q2 2007.
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ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from mobile, home and enterprise solutions to embedded and emerging applications. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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"In order to maximize revenue, we need to deploy our game titles on as many handsets as possible," said Mark Phoenix, president and CEO, Phoenix Soft Mobile. "Our work with ARM has greatly simplified our porting process and enabled our publishers to take maximum advantage of the limited shelf life of handsets."
"Tira Wireless customers rely on our advanced technology to speed time to market and reduce the cost of deploying quality content," said Allen Lau, CTO and co-founder of Tira Wireless. "The ARM Mali SDK contributes to this goal by giving game publishers access to fast and accurate virtual prototypes that can be quickly adapted to the many mobile devices in the market today."


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M.O.T advisory Spongy break pedal
Had an advisory on the sheet "Spongy Break pedal" anyone else had this or got any advice for me please had a Mechanic lookout it but he claims it feels ok ? The jeep is a Frontera 2.2 petrol SWB also had corrosion on the break lines they have now been changed!
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I've had this before, bleed the brakes and if it's like the 2.5td there is a 5th bleed nipple around the rear axle which i think bleeds another reservoir but someone can correct me and enlighten me as to what it actually is. Could be the tester was just expecting more from them but it's easy enough to do even if there is no difference after
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You have to bleed the load proportion valve first before you bleed the rears and lastly the fronts. The valve is visible above the rear axle on the nearside. It has an arm sticking out and a spring attached to it connecting to the axle. There's a bleed nipple on the valve and you must bleed this first. You may need to bleed the whole lot several times to make sure all the air is out. Bleed everything in the correct order and when done go and do it again.
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Re: M.O.T advisory Spongy break pedal
What ghosthunter said.
However I would say to get a large bottle of brake fluid (Personally I buy the 5ltr containers) a brake bleeding kit, the right sized ring spanner for the bleed nipples (don't use an adjustable) and considering it is a two handed job unless you really know what your doing and have the right gear to do it single handed get a friend to help.
Not knowing how much of the brake lines were replaced the chances are the fluid has not been changed since the vehicle was new and certainly not during the last 5 years so the fluid in there will probably be contaminated with moisture as well as air in which case I would recommend a full fluid change to include a flush hence getting enough to do the job.
Expect the bleed nipples to be beyond tight and they WILL be at risk of snapping so be very careful when undoing and don't force the issue, clean everything around the bleed nipple twice before opening and then again just to make sure.
Do not re-use the fluid that comes out and please dispose of it correctly via the local re-cycle and not down the sink!
Finally, if the bleed nipples are over tight make sure you can source and replace a calliper easily in case you snap one off. Milners do sell them.
Any doubt, send it to the garage.
This posting may have been helpfull, on the other hand probably not... Either way, I may have had drink when posting it in which case it's probably not as helpfull as it could have been
Work safe, and remember all technical problems can be resolved with a hammer, the trick is knowing where to hit it and how big a hammer to use (I often find it may also help to have a spare bit in the shed to replace the bit you have just mullered )
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By Linda Sieg
TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet looks likely to be heavy on close allies, with a few party rivals added to fend off criticism of cronyism, but few see signs that the line-up will produce creative reform policies.
Abe, who will be voted in as prime minister on Wednesday following his conservative Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) sweeping election win, has made clear his top priority is to slay deflation with a huge dose of monetary easing and spending.
To assist with that task, the 58-year-old Abe, who served as premier from 2006-2007, will tap former prime minister Taro Aso as finance minister and ex-trade minister Akira Amari for a new "Economic Revival" portfolio, Japanese media reported this week.
Both are close allies who share Abe's affection for reflationary policies, including heavy pressure on the Bank of Japan to take more drastic action to beat deflation.
Bowing to such pressure, the central bank on Thursday delivered its third shot of monetary stimulus in four months and signaled it might set a higher inflation target at its January meeting [ID:nL4N09U0BL].
"It's deja vu all over again," said Brad Glosserman, executive director of the Honolulu-based Pacific Forum CSIS think tank. "He (Abe) is a real Japanese economic traditionalist - inflate the economy to try to get growth but don't try anything that will upset the proverbial apple cart."
Among the changes Abe is not expected to tackle swiftly, if at all, are deregulation of sectors such as child-care, medical care, the labor market and agriculture, and participation in a U.S.-led trade pact. Vital reform of the creaking social welfare system is likely to be put off at least until after a July election for parliament's upper house.
Loyal Abe backer Yoshihide Suga is expected to become chief cabinet secretary, a key post combining the job of top government spokesman with coordinating among ministries.
Others who share Abe's agenda to revise the pacifist constitution and rewrite Japan's wartime history with a less apologetic tone have also been floated for posts. Abe may, however, put contentious issues that could upset China and South Korea on the backburner to concentrate on the economy.
"He's not dumb. He has learned the obvious lesson that he has to pay attention to the economy first," Glosserman said. "He can't afford a crazy conservative jihad because he knows the public is not behind him."
Sensitive to criticism that his first administration was loaded with chums rather than competent ministers, Abe is also expected to pick rivals and some elders to season his lineup, domestic media said.
Among the names floated are former LDP leader Sadakazu Tanigaki, 67, a softspoken fiscal conservative whom Abe replaced in September; Yoshimasa Hayashi, 51, a former defense minister and economic policy expert; and Nobuteru Ishihara, 55, a former LDP No. 2. The latter two lost to Abe in the September leadership race. Though political rivals to Abe, none of the three have reputations as proponents of bold structural reforms.
Abe ended his first term as prime minister by abruptly quitting in 2007 after a troubled year plagued by scandals in his cabinet, public outrage over lost pension records and the LDP's big defeat in an election for parliament's upper house. He later cited ill health as the reason for resigning.
"Hopefully, he's learned his lesson and 'Team Abe' will be better than last time," said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University's Japan campus. "He's got a deep hole to climb out of and the LDP is reverting to form."
Abe has also said he would revive the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP), a government advisory body that had lain dormant under the outgoing Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Maverick LDP Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi used the body to push through a privatization and deregulation agenda during his 2001-2006 term, but so far the focus this time has been on a revived CEFP as a venue for the government to pressure the BOJ.
Under Abe, the LDP back-pedaled on Koizumi-style reform. One of Abe's early moves as premier in 2006 was to welcome back to the party defectors who had rebelled against Koizumi's pet project of postal system privatization.
Signs of appetite for deregulation and structural reform now are few. A Kyodo news agency survey showed that more than 84 percent of LDP lawmakers elected on Sunday opposed Japan joining a U.S.-led trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
"If you look at the seats (in parliament), 40 percent are urban and 60 percent are non-urban. Are we really going forward with TPP or economic reform? That's not so easy," said Robert Feldman, chief economist at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities in Tokyo. "The question is whether Abe will have the fortitude and guts and energy and bull-headedness to push through (reforms)."
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The U.S. Census Bureau is mailing nearly four million forms to American businesses, as the official twice-a-decade measure of the economy continues rolling out. Most U.S. businesses with paid employees will receive a form in the coming weeks. The Census Bureau will collect responses until the Feb. 12 deadline, unless an extension is filed.
"The economic census provides accurate benchmark statistics that are fundamental building blocks of economic indicators, such as the gross domestic product, monthly retail sales and the producer price index," said Thomas Mesenbourg, acting director of the Census Bureau. "Information about the economy available only from the economic census helps businesses plan and grow, and helps guide government policies."
The 2012 Economic Census covers more than 1,000 industries in all sectors of the private, nonfarm economy. To create a snapshot of the American economy, the census asks businesses to provide basic information on revenue, employment and payroll, and industry-specific topics such as the products and services they provide.
Every five years — in years ending in 2 and 7 — the economic census collects reliable business statistics that are essential to understanding the American economy. The economic census is the only source providing information on industry revenues and other measures of American business performance that are consistent, comparable and comprehensive across industries and geographic areas.
The 2012 Economic Census results will be the earliest ever. Major innovations, such as enhanced electronic reporting software and a Web-based reporting option for smaller businesses, will make reporting easier. These innovations also will shorten the processing time, which in turn will allow the Census Bureau to release statistics in a timelier manner.
"For the first time, we intend to release preliminary results from the economic census within a year of the collection," said William Bostic, associate director for economic programs at the Census Bureau. "Along with our monthly and quarterly economic indicators, the economic census will provide timely and relevant statistics that will give a good picture of American businesses."


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William E. "Bill" Smochek, 59
William E. "Bill" Smochek, 59, Mahaffey, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011, at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh.
He was born April 11, 1952, in Punxsutawney, a son of William P. Smochek of DuBois, who survives, and the late Jane (McGregor) Smochek.
Nov. 20, 1971, he married Darlene (Painter) Smochek, who survives, of Mahaffey.
Mr. Smochek was the co-owner of BD&D Specialty Fabrication & Machine and was a member of the Mt. Carmel Church.
He loved playing and listening to bluegrass music, golfing and his work.
Most of all, he enjoyed time with his family and especially his four grandchildren.
In addition to his father, step-mother Lois and his wife, surviving relatives include two daughters, Christina Marie Cramer of Mahaffey and Billie Jo Hilterman of Curwensville; a sister, Sandra Lee Roseman and husband Gary of Mahaffey; a step-brother, William G. Bell and wife Chris of Mahaffey; four grandchildren, Michael Aaron Cramer, Alexander James Cramer, Jayden Marie Hilterman and Kylee Danielle Hilterman; and several nieces.
Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2011, at the Waldron Funeral Home, Mahaffey.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 16, 2011, at Mt. Carmel Church in Clover Run with the Rev. Roger McGary officiating.
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Naya Rivera's 'Dont Rain on My Parade' Cover for 'Glee' - Listen Now!
Naya Rivera keeps super incognito in a cap and shades as she leaves Urth Caffe on Monday afternoon (February 24) in West Hollywood, Calif.
In tonight's episode of Glee, the 27-year-old star will belt out a cover of the song "Don't Rain on My Parade" from the musical Funny Girl, which was made famous by the legendary Barbra Streisand.
The audio of the song was just released so fans could enjoy before the show returns to Fox tonight with all new episodes!
If you can remember, Lea Michele's character Rachel famously sang the song back during the first season of the show. Santana, Naya's character, is now her understudy in the Broadway musical.
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Everyone says "don't be afraid to take risks" and to "be yourself," but does that advice really pay off?
It certainly did for interior design student Heather Kology. Her unusual decision to submit a residential design that she truly loved– rather than the flashier commercial space designs typical of winning entries – recently earned her the prestigious Donghia Foundation Scholarship.
Named for Angelo Donghia, one of America's most influential interior designers, the foundation provides scholarships each year to promising interior design students in the U.S. Several students at Suffolk's New England School of Arts and Design (NESAD) have won the award in recent years. The $30,000 scholarship will cover Kology's senior year tuition.
"I'm very much a New England girl," explains Kology. "I grew up here, and I love the history. Spending summers on Cape Cod also gave me an appreciation for nautical elements. This is where my heart is, and I wanted to reflect that in my design."
With her professors' help, Kology created design boards to show how she would remodel a house in Salem, Massachusetts to be her "dream home." Paring her design presentation down to three boards was difficult for the personable student:
"Presentation is a big focus at NESAD – being able to express your design ideas eloquently – so being unable to explain my design in person was a challenge!"
The boards tell a cohesive story, mixing period details with more contemporary patterns and lines to create a modern coastal New England living space with historical roots. In the end, Heather believes her true connection to the design is what made her entry stand out.
As Kology begins her final year at Suffolk, she is also honing her skills as an intern at a local residential design firm. With the confidence she's gained from earning the Donghia award, she hopes to continue to design homes where she would want to live. And with so many seaside retreats nearby – from the Cape to Martha's Vineyard to Rockport – there's certainly a market for her nautical chic sensibility!


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Madden NFL 19
Madden NFL 19 takes a significant leap forward in terms of gameplay and control. Not only are there new ways to play, but Terrell Owens is back in Madden Ultimate Team. Get your popcorn ready and achieve gridiron greatness with T.O.
Aussie Sports VR
The Aussie Sports VR experience provides unprecedented access to Australian sport and elite athletes in support of the Australian Sports Diplomacy Strategy 2015-18.
Mario Tennis Aces
A new Mario Tennis game is bringing a new level of skill and competition to Nintendo Switch. Mario steps onto the court in classy tennis garb for intense rallies against a variety of characters in full-blown tennis battles. New wrinkles in tennis gameplay will challenge your ability to read an opponent's position and stroke to determine which shot will give you the advantage. And this time the game adds the first story mode since the Mario Tennis game on Game Boy Advance, offering a new flavor of tennis gameplay, with a variety of missions, boss battles and more
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NBA 2K celebrates 20 years of redefining what sports gaming can be, from best in class gameplay to ground breaking game modes and an immersive open-world "Neighborhood." NBA 2K19 continues to push limits as it brings gaming one step closer to real-life basketball excitement and culture.
RHI Roller Hockey '95
Motion-captured graphics made their first appearance in a hockey game with this Brett Hull license. Al Michaels provides a full running commentary, while a mode allowing the player to improve their game with Brett's help is also included. The game is viewed isometrically, with all the realistic fouls and gameplay situations included. Full pre-match analysis and forecasting is provided, as are post match statistics.
Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition
Hellishly brutal arcade-style football game Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition is blitzing onto Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One at retail on Sept. 18, with new exclusive teams and gameplay content. The game is the spiritual successor to the retro classic Mutant League Football, with next generation deep strategy gameplay, bone-crunching, tooth-shattering hits, and a roster of ghouls delivering tongue-through-cheek humor. Oh, and blood. Lots of blood. Mutant Football League delivers intense online action, deep strategy, and deadly humor. Fantastical arenas full of ruthless fans and deadly traps set the stage for mayhem in every contest that allows players to win by highest score or by killing and eradicating their opponents.
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Actua Pool is a sports simulation video game developed by British company Gremlin Interactive as part of their highly successful Actua Sports series of sport simulators of the mid-to-late 1990s. Actua Pool, a pool (pocket billiards) was originally released on the Microsoft Windows platform and the Sony PlayStation home console in 1999; these versions were also published under the name Pool Shark. The game was very well received, praised for its realistic physics engine and challenging AI opponents, although the game spawned a sequel which was not as successful. In 2007, Actua Pool was ported to the Nintendo DS handheld game console, under the title Underground Pool in North America.
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Earn coins by winning matches and use them to unlock loads of cool hats!
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Fernand O. Bolduc
Bolduc–– Fernand O., 95, of Cookshire, Quebec, Canada passed on the morning of January 3, 2013. There will be no calling hours. A funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held on January 12, 2013, at 11 a.m. in Cookshire, Quebec, at St. Camelia Parish, with plans to have a family gathering at the spring internment in celebration of their lives.
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Point Park Professor Dane Claussen Elected to Journalism Education Teaching Committee Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Dane S. Claussen, Ph.D., Professor/Director of Graduate Programs & Faculty Development, School of Communication, Point Park University, has been elected to the Teaching Committee of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC).
The Teaching Committee, composed of nine elected members, has a portfolio of responsibilities that includes: standards of academic and professional preparation for teachers in the field; standards of appointment, tenure, promotion, compensation, research and retirement for teachers; minimum standards of equipment and facilities for instruction and research; standards of faculty-administration relationships; and representing the Committee in matters of accreditation, especially the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (ACEJMC).
Claussen was one of six candidates for three openings on the Committee. Due to the resignation of a current Teaching Committee member (Paul Parsons, Dean, School of Communications, Elon University) simultaneously with AEJMC elections that ended April 1, Dr. Claussen will immediately join the Teaching Committee and serve the remainder of the term of the Committee member who resigned (through Sept. 30, 2011).
Claussen also serves AEJMC as Editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, an international, refereed, scholarly journal. He became editor on March 1, 2006 and will continue in that position until at least Sept. 30, 2012. He also is Research Committee Chair of AEJMC's Media Management & Economics Division; Immediate Past Head of AEJMC's Magazine Division; and a former Head of both AEJMC's Mass Communication & Society Division and its History Division. In addition, Claussen served on AEJMC's standing Publications Committee and on its Diversity Task Force.


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Winterthur Portfolio
Winterthur Portfolio is an interdisciplinary journal committed to fostering knowledge of the American past through the study of material culture. It is indexed in America: History and Life, Architectural Periodicals Index, Art Index, Historical Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography, and Biography of the History of Art. Winterthur Portfolio is published three times a year for Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library by the University of Chicago Press.
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Call for Papers
The editors of Winterthur Portfolio seek manuscripts that bring strong comparative approaches to the study of American material life. We seek manuscripts that emphasize analysis over description, and that integrate artifacts into broader scholarly dialog about the history of making and consuming artifacts; the construction of identities (racial, ethnic, gender, and class) and environments through material culture; and the full panoply of aesthetic and design practices and experiences.
Interested authors should contact the Managing Editor for manuscript guidelines. We prefer email correspondence.
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